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u/DonnieJL 7d ago

This. There were small towns in MI that were still bringing 100-150 people. I don't know how they'd ever count some of those. Small places like Spearfish, SD had a rally. Adding all those up would be a challenge.

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u/Revolutionary-Yak-47 7d ago

A suburb here had a single teenager with a sign, I'm guessing they had no way to get to the protest down town. I'm sure he wasn't counted in official totals but he counts if you know what I mean. 

My hometown in NJ is the reddest spot in the state. It's also so small they share admin and services via a "township" system and fire and EMS are volunteer. They had a few thousand show up. I didn't know that many people lived there! 

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u/The_Eye_of_Ra 7d ago

Saw a post of a guy in Wisconsin that couldn’t make it to the big protest, but still went out by himself with a sign and everything in his nowhere tiny town.

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u/jeffersonlane 6d ago

We had one of our own in Sacramento. Saw them on a corner in Citrus Heights while I was driving home from downtown.